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Truth
Tree House Brewing Company
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- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #27 - ABV:
- 12.3%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #130 - Avg:
- 4.6 | pDev: 9.13%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 31, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 28, 2015
- Wants:
- 27
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Notes:
Truth is our Barrel-aged Imperial Stout. Featuring a blend of three standout barrels brewed and barreled in 2018, Truth is the purest expression of barrel-aged beer that we make.
In the glass, we taste potent but balanced flavors of chocolate bourbon candy, sweet vanilla-like oak, tootsie rolls, and baker’s chocolate. Though the flavors are intense, they are beautifully balanced making Truth a joy to enjoy and savor as it warms up.
We are proud of this beer, and being the first time we’ve been able to enjoy it in almost five years, we are feeling very nostalgic.
In the glass, we taste potent but balanced flavors of chocolate bourbon candy, sweet vanilla-like oak, tootsie rolls, and baker’s chocolate. Though the flavors are intense, they are beautifully balanced making Truth a joy to enjoy and savor as it warms up.
We are proud of this beer, and being the first time we’ve been able to enjoy it in almost five years, we are feeling very nostalgic.
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Rated by Sandis from Minnesota
4.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a snifter. Super Bowl kickoff beer. Exceptionally thick. Nice barrel. Very creamy.
Feb 13, 2023
Reviewed by Zach_Attack from Massachusetts
4.08/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
After having batch 1 Still Truth back at Row 34 in 2015, I thought they’d make BETTER BA stouts in the future. Guess I was mistaken / presumptive, as this was definitively NOT that. Barely any barrel, tons of umami flavor, thinner body. Hmm.
Jan 17, 2023
Rated by jb_4226 from Texas
4.9/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
#142, dynomite!
Dec 17, 2022
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.9/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Look - black thick syrup great rimming
Smell - chocolate vanilla woody
Taste - slightly sweet chocolate caramel vanilla
Feel - full body creamy light carb.
Overall - just incredible
Nov 20, 2022Smell - chocolate vanilla woody
Taste - slightly sweet chocolate caramel vanilla
Feel - full body creamy light carb.
Overall - just incredible
Reviewed by Holderness from Massachusetts
4.55/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.55/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
The bottle description kinda hits it on the nose -- this is a thick, sweet, fudgy stout with a just enough bourbon barrel character to cut through the immensity of the base beer. Basically indistinguishable from Nascent Truth, which I had recently on tap
91/100
Oct 30, 202291/100
Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts
4.35/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oh man, I’m excited for this one. My last beer from my latest run to Tree House, and one that hasn’t been released in many years. Currently sitting at #84 of all time on BA, we have a straight up, no adjunct barrel aged Stout blend. Let’s crack open this special bottle
Pours nearly pitch black and still, with just a small layer of tan bubbles than quickly fade to a thin ring that leaves no lacing but nice legs
While I appreciate this not having the typical TH Stout sweetness in the nose, it’s not as complex as I had hoped though still good. I’m picking up on aromas of cocoa powder, dark roast coffee, sweet bourbon, toasted oak, vanilla, light brown sugar, and raisin
It is sweet in taste, but not in any cloying way, rather it is kept wonderfully in check by many complex notes. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting milk chocolate, plum, vanilla, sweet bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, black cherry, and burnt caramel. The swallow brings notes of cocoa powder, boozy bourbon, vanilla, brown sugar, molasses, black cherry, pecan, toasted oak, and dark roast coffee
A full body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a slick and sweet beer. Finishes sticky and heavy but not overwhelmingly sweet
So this is very good, but I wouldn't consider it among the best of the best. Regardless, it was super fun to try, and a nice beer to wind down with
Jun 19, 2022Pours nearly pitch black and still, with just a small layer of tan bubbles than quickly fade to a thin ring that leaves no lacing but nice legs
While I appreciate this not having the typical TH Stout sweetness in the nose, it’s not as complex as I had hoped though still good. I’m picking up on aromas of cocoa powder, dark roast coffee, sweet bourbon, toasted oak, vanilla, light brown sugar, and raisin
It is sweet in taste, but not in any cloying way, rather it is kept wonderfully in check by many complex notes. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting milk chocolate, plum, vanilla, sweet bourbon, toasted oak, coconut, black cherry, and burnt caramel. The swallow brings notes of cocoa powder, boozy bourbon, vanilla, brown sugar, molasses, black cherry, pecan, toasted oak, and dark roast coffee
A full body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a slick and sweet beer. Finishes sticky and heavy but not overwhelmingly sweet
So this is very good, but I wouldn't consider it among the best of the best. Regardless, it was super fun to try, and a nice beer to wind down with
Truth from Tree House Brewing Company
Beer rating:
100 out of
100 with
87 ratings
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